Su-30, Su-33, Su-34 and Su-35 News thread, pictures and discussion

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCCGingOHOI&ab_channel=CommandT

Perhaps not relevant to this thread but as a lesson in fantastic display of airmanship in the face of a FCS failure its hard to beat.

In summary after takeoff the FCS system fails and causes repeated un-commanded pitch up and auto-throttle issues. For close to an hour the pilot and ground controllers struggle to fix it until he brings it down to a safe landing. The unedited 52 minute HUD tape is in the video description.
It was discussed before. I posted this vid in post #89.
Ah... I forgot. Such is my short term memory.

Sorry about that.
 
At least Thales HUD has been replaced:

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So is there clear information if the SM2 has the Irbis, or is it an improved Bars? Presumably the arrays in the wing LE are the same as on Su-35?
 
I am pretty sure Thales HUD was replaced on new built frames years ago? In like 2018 or something?
 
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Yes, having PESA, even one that outpowers any 4.5 gen wester AESA and has few times volumetric coverage of them, definitely puts a cross on any potentian Su-35 usage. Very reliable and well documented story of its testing against Rafale supports that.
 
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I was under impression the Egyptian Su-35 story was a fake. Or Is this the case of Tom Cooper doing his usually thing ?

WTF. That Rafale vs Su-35 story was proven to be fake yet Tom are willing to swallow and regurgitate that story again now with his own spin on the matter.

The hell happen with the guy nowadays ?
 
I know the guy always had a bad rap. Especially his work on Iran-Iraq conflict which he got called out for making bluntly shit up or taking any rumor and passing it of as fact. Along with his tall claims being in certain places and doing certain stuff he never actually done.
 
Guy is a farce and has been for years. He literally tried to argue the VKS had no reco capability in Syria because they did not bring Su-24MPR. I'll let you think about that brilliant piece of logic for a second.

Also when Tula presented a target sheet for Pantsir operations in Syria (including balloons shot down) he tried to argue that they must have shot down their own Russian aerostat....since apparently he wasn't aware Syrian rebels routinely used balloons to loft bombs over.
 
Yet there are still "observer" quoting that story, creating a circular reference.
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Anyway.. will Kh-69 be integrated with Su-30 family ?
 

Wonder if these could be transferred to Turkey.
 
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Another dozen MKI's on order?


 
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There are "sanctions", and sanctions. Turkey is under "sanctions" for the time being, they could get considerably worse if it were to make such a move. Currently, only a select few Turkish agencies and individuals are on the list, which can (and have been, AFAIK) easily circumvented. This status can be considered a largely symbolic gesture, a carefully calibrated slap on the wrist which allows sufficiently important deals to go ahead regardless.
 
Definitely - you could be forgiven for wondering if CAATSA isn't a market research device for Boeing, first Indonesia and now Egypt. See who's ordering Su-35s, threaten sanctions & offer F-15s as a replacement :D I guess the implicit endorsement that the Su-35, given the choice, would apparently be the preferred option, is cold comfort for Sukhoi.
 

Looks to be an su-35 slinging three r-77-1 missiles at around sixty kilometers. Note the PESA on swash plate capability as the fighter is able to turn far away from the target while still presumably sending early guidance correction to the missiles.
 
I remember a footage of that pylon from Ukraine war a month or two back as well. I asked ground crews around displayed Su-35S at MAKS-2019 about that pylon and asked whether it was just a prototype. They said no and and that it has been around for a while and somewhat frequently used.
 
Another dozen MKI's on order?


So where is the USA CAATSA?
 
Another dozen MKI's on order?


So where is the USA CAATSA?
India have Su-30MKI production license iirc. I'm not sure if CAATSA can be applied to product that the santion targeted country already acquiring production license.
 
I remember a footage of that pylon from Ukraine war a month or two back as well. I asked ground crews around displayed Su-35S at MAKS-2019 about that pylon and asked whether it was just a prototype. They said no and and that it has been around for a while and somewhat frequently used.
Interesting, somehow they thought photographing Su-35 with those pylon in exercise is not necessary. I know many people when saw those pylon on the ground thinking the pylon only for theoritical load.
 
Another dozen MKI's on order?


So where is the USA CAATSA?
As ususal with US foreign politics, double standards are the norm.
 
Another dozen MKI's on order?


So where is the USA CAATSA?
India have Su-30MKI production license iirc. I'm not sure if CAATSA can be applied to product that the santion targeted country already acquiring production license.
More over I think the US will wink-wink/nudge-nudge on CAATSA issues when it comes to a member of 'The Quad'. I don't think India is getting F-35s any time soon but I suspect it will get exemptions on most anything else.
 
Another dozen MKI's on order?


So where is the USA CAATSA?
India have Su-30MKI production license iirc. I'm not sure if CAATSA can be applied to product that the santion targeted country already acquiring production license.
More over I think the US will wink-wink/nudge-nudge on CAATSA issues when it comes to a member of 'The Quad'. I don't think India is getting F-35s any time soon but I suspect it will get exemptions on most anything else.
A reminder to all that the US has been courting India heavily to counter China; double standards are not surprising at all...
 

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